We finished up today. This morning I finished sewing each of the major pieces. All that remains is to sew those pieces together. Here I've got it pinned together for presentation.
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Friday, October 13, 2023
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Nancy (Crow) told us with this new project that she wanted us to show her what we learned last week. So although it wasn't required, I decided to go with the monochromatic background again. I spent the day cutting out the pieces. Tomorrow I'll substitute colors for the black figures. For me this is really hard. She came around during the day and said my design was "fresh." So I'm beaming. At another point she said I was a "wild woman." I guess that refers to the exuberant design I created, but I don't know for sure.
We got our new assignment today. Here are the instructions:
Divide the design wall into three columns.
Choose 6 of our homework configurations.
Monday, October 9, 2023
Not much to report today. I took all the turquoise out of the design. Also took out most of the dark teal. Substituted in gray and an odd celery color. Then I sewed up the 4 blocks in the bottom row. Then it was time to pack it up and get ready for the week two exercise.
In the afternoon we had presentations of our work brought from home. Some of the show and tell quilts were incredibly good, others not so much. I didn't have anything that would have gone over well, so I didn't bring any at all.
Saturday, October 7, 2023
She came around and said that my orange and black composition was so good I could sew it up without adding any more color and it would be great. Then she said I should do that at home, and use class time to fill in the black with color. I had no good idea how to proceed, so I started out by adding all the shapes in shades of teal. Then she came around again and said that was too safe and to try harder. So I substituted in more colors and went to work sewing it together.
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Today we got instructions on how to start working color into our composition. We were to choose one color only, all the same value with differing aspects, such as bright or flat, vibrant or dull. Then we started placing those colors on the background (white) parts. The only color in which I had the necessary aspects was deep orange, so I went with that. Took me all day long to begin the process. Later we'll be replacing the black with colors as well.
I also include here some of the other students' work.